Bottle-closure.



No. 808,629. PATBNTED JAN. 2, 1906. G. M. BR'ODNAX & P. F. KING.

BOTTLE CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.11,-1905.

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CLARENCE M. BRODNAX AND PHILIP F. KING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-CLOSURE.

Specification of Letters, Patent.

Patented Jan. 1906.

Application filed April 11, 1905. Serial No. 254,911.

To all whom it Weary-concern:

Be it known that we, CLARENCE M. BROD- NAX and PHILIP F. KING, citizensof the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough ofBrooklyn, Kings county, in the State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Bottle-Closures, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in means for sealing receptaclesor containers, and the same has for its object more particularly toprovide a simple, efficient, and inexpensive closure for bottles andanalogous receptacles or containers, which closure may be easily appliedto the bottle to effectually seal the same and which may be readilyremoved or detached therefrom by the consumer without necessitating theuse of a tool or implement.

To the attainment of these ends our invention consists in the noveldetails of construction and in the combination, connection, andarrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and then pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is acentral vertical section taken on the line 1 1 of Fig. 4, showing theupper part of a bottle provided with a closure constructed according. toand embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view thereof. Fig.3 is an inverted plan view of the closure with the parts extended, andFig. 4 is a top view of the bottle with the closure applied.

In said drawings, 10 designates a bottle of ordinary construction havinga neck 11, provided with a shoulder 12, and 13 denotes the closure,comprising a dished cap portion 14, from the opposite sides of whichextend integral arms 15 15. Each of said arms 15 15 is provided upon oneof its longitudinal edges adjacent to the cap portion 14 with alaterallyprojecting integral car 16. By preference these ears 16 16 arearranged to extend outwardly from said arms in opposite directions, asshown at Fig. 3.

17 denotes a disk of packing, preferably made of cork, which is disposedWithin the cap portion 14, and 18 denotes a piece of wire which may bedented at 19 to receive the arms 15 15 and has its ends secured togetherbelow theshoulder 12 of the neck 11.

The closure may be applied to the bottles by first bending upward andinward the ends of the arms 15 15, so that the upper extremities thereofwill extend to a point. above the ears 16 16 thereof, and the said ears16 16 then bent inward against the upper folded extremities of the arms16 16. Hereupon the ends of the wire 18 are passed through the loopedends of the arms 15 15 and the closure adjusted upon the neck of thebottle with its cap portion 14 and cork disk 17 therein in position overits top. The cap 14 and disk 17 are then firmly pressed downwardly uponthe top of the neck in order to conform the disk 17 to the under side ofthe dished cap, and thus effectually seal the bottle. The closure isthen secured in position by twisting the ends of the wire 18.

It will of course be understood that the cap 14 may be made of anydesired shape and that the same may be provided with any desired numberof arms 15 15, having the locking-ears 16 1.6, and that instead of awire 18 being employed, as herein shown and described, a metal band orany other convenient fastening means may be substituted in lieu thereof.

Without limiting ourselves to the precise details of construction, whichmay be varied within the scope of the invention. What we claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A bottle-closure comprising a cap, arms extending therefrom, meansadapted to em brace a bottle-neck and said arms, and means for securingthe free ends of said arms, substantially as specified.

2. A bottle-closure comprising acap, arms extending therefrom, meansadapted to embrace a bottle-neck and said arms intermediate their ends,and means for securing the frede ends of said arms, substantially asspecifie 3. A bottle-closure comprising a cap, arms extending therefrom,means adapted to embrace a bottle-neck, and said arms, and meansarranged upon said arms adapted to engage and hold the free endsthereof, substantially as specified.

4. A bottle-closure comprising a cap, arms extending therefrom havingtheir endsfolded upon the remainder of said arms, a wire adapted toembrace a bottle-neck extending through said looped arms, and lockingdevices for engaging and holding the folded ends of said arms,substantially as specified.

5. A bottle-closure comprisinga cap having a plurality of arms extendingtherefrom, having their ends folded upon the remainder of said arms, awire adapted to embrace a bottle-neck extending through saidlooped-arms, and locking devices arranged upon said arms adapted toengage and hold the folded ends of said arms, substantially asspecified.

6. A bottle-closure comprising a cap having a plurality of armsextending therefrom, having their ends folded upon the remainder of saidarms to form looped portions, a Wire adapted to embrace a bottle-neckextending through the looped portions of saidarms, and locking devicesprovided upon said arms intermediate the cap and looped portions adaptedto engage and hold the free ends of said arms locked to their foldedposition, substantially as specified.

7. A bottle-closure comprising a cap having a plurality of armsextending therefrom having their ends folded upon the remainder of saidarms to form looped portions, a Wire adapted to embrace a bottle-neckextending through said looped portions, and laterallyprojecting portionsor ears upon said arms adapted to engage and hold the free ends of saidarms to their folded positions, substantially as specified.

8. A bottle-closure comprising a dished cap having a plurality of armsextending therefrom having their ends folded upon the remainder of saidarms to form looped portions, a Wire adapted to embrace a bottle-neckextending through said looped portions, and laterally-projecting earsarranged upon the edges of said arms intermediate the dished cap and thelooped portions of said arms, adapted to engage and hold the free endsof said arms locked to their folded positions, substantially asspecified.

9. A bottle-closure comprising a dished cap having a plurality of armsextending therefrom having their ends folded upon the remainder of saidarms to form looped portions, a disk of packing arranged in said cap, aWire adapted to embrace a bottle-neck extending through said loopedportions, and laterallyprojecting ears arranged upon the edges of saidarms adjacent to the edge of said cap adapted to engage and hold thefree ends of said arms locked to their folded positions, substantiallyas specified.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York,this 8th day of April, 1905.

CLARENCE M. BRODNAX. PHILIP F. KING. Witnesses:

C. A. DIETERIOH, JOSEPH G. QUINN, Jr.

